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New numbers released by the Saskatchewan government on Thursday show 22 per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to June 21 did not have symptoms. The number was included in a slide show of data presented by the province's chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab at a news conference. Of the 748 cases recorded by the province during the data period, 167 of them were…

Sandra Barker-Schmidt and her husband, Dean Schmidt, are grappling with a difficult question this fall: Should they send their daughter ​​Kidist to the same school where her older brother endured seemingly endless racist taunts before he died? It's where most of Kidist's friends will go, and switching schools would mean about a 45-minute commute to Regina every day.…

The NDP added a new report that people were “burning their butts” from hot toilet water at Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford to its list of infrastructure grievances about the ailing facility. The government responded that the plumbing error occurred about a year and a half ago. It said the water was warm and no one was injured. On Wednesday, Opposition Leader Ryan Meili…

Whether through virtual appointments with doctors or contacting HealthLine 811, phone and online services have had been handling questions related to the novel coronavirus response in Saskatchewan. HealthLine 811 has responded to almost 53,000 COVID-19-related calls since March 17, and the online self-assessment tool launched March 15 has had over a million page views,…

The Saskatchewan government is planning to see students back in classrooms this September.  Last week, Education Minister Gord Wyant released guidelines for K-12 schools in the province. They focus on enforcing proper hygiene practices like hand-washing and limiting physical contact, but won't require students to wear masks or maintain strict physical distancing.  While…